Community notes from Washington area brace for corn harvest and visitors
Ruby Helscher of Keota marks 60 years at A. A. Hulse & Co. at 82 still serving customers. Don Radda’s world champ tall corn tops 31 feet eight inches. Dale Fuhr sells his Washington grocery business but stays in trade. International visitors include Recai Yaltirich Fritz Bandi and Roberto Proll. Actress Marla Lyday and husband Paul visit Don Simmerings’ farm.
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Ruby Helscher
Keota
News Wire
A. A. Hulse & Co
Don Radda
Washington
Dale Fuhr
Joe Cochran
Joe
South Dakota
Dale
Recai Yaltirich
Turkey
Burnett Smith
Brighton
Fritz Bandi
Germany
Roberto Proll
Panama
American Field Service Exchange
James Schmidt
Marla Lyday
Belle
Washington County
Paul
Don
Week on the Farm Reflects Harvest and Pigs Incident
A farmers column notes a calm week with pleasant weather and haying progress while a rare accident shows a neighbor losing bricks to a bird sighting. It recalls grazing acres opened under a 1972 feed grain program and a stray Hampshire shoats incident that briefly doubled a neighbor’s swine herd before proper sorting.
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Hampshire
Passing Years A Chronicle Of Local Fortunes And Faces
Miss Mary Martin at Indiana University visits her parents in Bloomington. Jim Stone earns a master's degree at Drake University and works in West Des Moines. Frances Miller returns to the Extension Office after vacation as she visits Chicago. Mrs. Wilson suffered a broken arm at work at the ly-Vee Store. Harry Reynolds departs after a week with relatives from Ontario. 20 years ago notes highlight polio delays, Iowa teachers college, and travel. 30 years ago recalls blackouts, war bonds, enlists, and local civic events. Angela Janene Smith and Sarah Jane Slabaugh noted as daughters of local residents.
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Mary Martin
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Ralph Martin
Mary
Jim Stone
Leo Stone
Washington
Drake University
Jim
West Des Moines
Frances Miller
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Chicago
Harry Wilson
St. Thomas
Ontario
Canada
Alice Reynolds
Clarence Rogers
Ainsworth
John Gamble
Kirkland Air Base
Albuquerque
N.M
New York City
Jarrard
Richard Odin
Weekend golf results and local birthday notices across Washington
Eldon Brake and son from Washington placed 8th in the state father and son golf tournament aided by Cedar Rapids competitor Mike who tied for Sth in the championship flight. Dwain and Rusty Tschantz won the sixth flight. Local participants included Richard and Craig Paul and Curt and Butch Wells. Birthdays: Susan Havel turned one and Melissa Boshart celebrated her seventh with a party after school. Obituary: Albert Orcutt 72 died in Des Moines. Dr Merwin Swanson, connected to Washington, earned a PhD and will teach eighteenth century American history at Idaho State University.
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Eldon Brake
Washington
Mike
Cedar Rapids
Dwain
Rusty Tschantz
Richard
Craig Paul
Curt
Butch Wells
Merwin
Robert Swanson
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Idaho State University
Pocatello
Swanson
Ann
Marion Swanson
Washington city water tank gains blue paint run
Washington Iowa completes first coat of blue paint on its new water tower with Washington in black letters. After final inspection and installation of a pressure metering device the tank should be filled next week.
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Washington
New City
Deaths of week across several towns chronicle regional losses
Death notices list Enos G. Enfield 62 of Oxford Lela Shaver 80 of Kalona Montgomery Sparrow 6 of Columbus Junction Red Schafer 19 near Lone Tree Ewald Gustafson former Washington resident Thelma Barnett services in Washington Lula Gingerich 78 Kalona Gertrude Barker 92 Keswick William Havel 83 Washington area residents all noted with limited details and ceremony dates varying by location
Californians Visit Booth Relatives and Local Guests
Relatives and friends from Madera Strathmore Oklahoma and Great Falls visit the Booths and Nelsons in Iowa. Rev Koltovich preaches at Prairie Flower Baptist Church ahead of Greenville trip for Bob Jones University enrollees. Birth announced for Timothy Steven Storr in Muscatine General Hospital. Couples tour Cranston and Weed Park before return.
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Duane Johnson
Randy Wendy
Andy
Madera
Calif
William Koltovich
David
Debbie
Strathmore
Earl Booth
Jim Rossen
Koltovich
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Greenville
D.C
Bob Jones University
Steve Storr
Ksast
Muscatine
Timothy Steven
Muscatine General Hospital
Kristine Wagner
John Wagner
Washington
Howard Wagner
Store sale ends long grocery career in Washington
Dale Fuhr sells Fuhr's Jack and Jill Grocery Store in Washington to Eric G. Waugh of Tipton with sale effective after Labor Day when the new owner will open on September 5. Fuhr, who began as a Benner Tea Co. manager in 1936 and has run the business here for decades, plans to remain as employee.
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Dale Fuhr
Fuhr
Jack & Jill
Washington
Eric G
Bud) Waugh
Tipton
Super Valu
East Washington Street
Joe Cochran
Washington Country Club golf title claimed by Mrs Rosemary Nemmers
Mrs Rosemary Nemmers won the Washington Country Club women s golf title with a score of 79 over 18 holes in the championship flight. Cathy Lloyd finished as runner up. Other notes: community obituaries, military moves, and local social updates follow in this edition.
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Rosemary Nemmers
Washington Country Club
Cathy Lloyd
Berkeley robber uses check in daring car theft
Kevin J. Hackett offered a check for 150 dollars to a gunman who stole his stereo system and car. Eight hours later a caller promised to cash the check and return the car, but police halted the suspect when a gun misfired and two shots missed. Willie Mitchell, 21, Oakland, was arrested and charged with robbery auto theft and assault on a policeman. The check was not cashed.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Kevin J. Hackett
Hackett
Willie Mitchell
Oakland
Hospital and Birth Notices From Washington Area
A collage of hospital admissions discharges and births lists patients from Washington Kalona Columbus Junction and surrounding areas. Entries include Mrs G Columbus Junction surgical yesterday Miss Gertrude Gannaway Washington surgery and the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Clark Smith Washington.
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Columbus Junction
Gertrude Gannaway
Washington
Surgical
Baker
Keota
Rge Davis
Clark Smith
Margaret Zaugg
Clarence Randall
Melvin Havel
Riverside
Cloyd Garrett
John Davis
Larry Joe Wood
Gertrude Doig
Charles Lemley
Edward Slabaugh
Kalona
Frank Crone
Gary Bausch
William Besser
Harper
Lee Lease
Tapscott Backs Franzenburg But Keeps McGovern Push
Des Moines state senator John Tapscott says he will vote for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Franzenburg but will devote his campaigning energy to presidential nominee George McGovern. He notes unresolved differences with Franzenburg and will not actively support his rival.
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Des Moines
UPI
John Tapscott
Democratic Gubernatoria
Tapscott
Paul Franzenburg
George McGovern
Ames
Franzenburg
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Roy Havel
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Lela Shaver
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Here
Stacy-Lewis Funeral
Red Schafer
Blacktop
Lone Tree
Sheller Globe
Ewald H. Gustafson
Excelsior, Minn
Thelma Barnett
Leland Grove
Hillcrest Cemetery
Grove
Gould Funeral Home
Lula M. Gingerich
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Keswick
Sherman (Gertrude) Barker
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East Second Street
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Booth
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Norm Schoonover
Francis LaNoue
Great Falls
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Mrs. Ward Kamper
River Forest
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Vandalia
E.R. Cordry
William Chance
Sherman
Martha
Simon Lowe
Farson
Cranston
Richard Knapp
Tony Ross
Tad
Recal_ Yaltirik
International Farm Youth Exchangee
Mr. Yaltirik
IFYE
Sunset Park
AFS
Roberto
Robert Lowe
Texas
Tom Lowe
Ft. Hood
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Killeen
Lowe
Ralph Kurtz
Fairfield
Robert Kurtz
Terry Hall and Bradley
Russell Curtis
Harold T. Hall
Hall
Allied Radio
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Burlington
Squire
Keokuk County
John E. Powell
Maplewood Manor
Wesley United Methodist
Kenneth Gray
Willard E. Gray
Adel
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Ft. Ord
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Ronald Fox
Vernon Fox
Melvin Richardson
Daryl Richardson
Washington High School
Louis Havel
Helen Underwood
Marvin Eimen
E.M. Cox
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Mary Temple
Ft. Defiance
Ariz
Frank Longwell
James Bruswitz
Craig
Doug
Minn
Ralph Bauer
Dene Carneys
Hopkins
J.W. Shenefelt
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Warren Swanger
Milan
Robert Wuey
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